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From: chod@gypsy.siemens-rtl (David Chodorow)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Database Book
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Date: 23 Feb 88 19:05:55 GMT
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Summary: Looking for book recommendation


Is someone out there willing to go out on a limb and recommend a
database book to me?

I am new to databases and therefore am looking for a book I can use
both as a self-teaching text, and as a reference book.  I have in mind
a book similar to "Principles of Database Systems" by Jeffrey Ullman.
I read large chunks of this book and I like its mixture of topics,
and of theoretical vs. practical levels of presentation.
My only problem with it is that it's copyright is 1980.  I would like
something newer.

My gratitude to anyone who responds.  Please use e-mail if possible.

My "Will Sonnet" .signature: "No humor, just fact".

		David Chodorow
		Siemens Research and Technology Laboratories
		105 College Road East
		Princeton, NJ  08540
		(609) 734-6598

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